Make every day a good hair day – Trim 20 Minutes off Your Morning

I admit that despite my indifference to makeup and all things cosmetic, my mood is often defined by the success or failure of my hair each day.

Good hair day = confidence.

So I am faced with a decision.

I can get up extra early to do my hair so that I can get my kids off to school on time, or I can find some other way to save time in the morning so I don’t miss out on the confidence I need to get me through the day.

Getting two kids ready for school in the morning is fairly time consuming, something has to give if I want to be able to make time for good hair and get them to the bus stop before the bus actually gets there.

Especially when most days involve dealing with this “pleasant” little morning person.

But thankfully Suave came to my rescue with “12 Tremendous Tricks to Trim 20 Minutes off Your Morning.”

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Good hair takes time. First I must wash it in the morning after I get up. Then I have to blow-dry it at just the right time, and that much hair takes awhile to dry, especially on low heat to avoid damaging my hair.

Otherwise I’m left looking like Edith Bunker.

Ok, that’s a wig. But clearly not the best look for me.

When I can make time for good hair, as I mentioned above, it helps me be more confident.

And I share this confidence by plastering pictures of my hair on my Instagram feed.

Thanks to the tips from Suave, we have shaved 20 minutes off our morning making it much easier and less stressful. So I no longer have to wear a wig. 20 extra minutes is EXACTLY what I need to get my hair Instagram worthy and send them off to school on time!

We started checking the weather the night before and they pull their clothes out so they are ready when they get up. No long, drawn-out, half-asleep decisions to be made. We prepare lunches the night before, and sometimes they even do it themselves! I already would get up 30 minutes earlier to make sure everyone stayed on schedule, now I actually have time to pour a cup of coffee in that time. We also have had a no technology rule in place for awhile. We turn the radio on for some “get moving” music but computers, iPods and iPads are not allowed to be used before school.

What about you –

Which of the 12 tips above do you use to help trim minutes off your morning?

Do you have additional tips that you use to get the kids off to school on time and ensure a good hair day for mom?

About Kim

Kim is a Chicago native who currently lives in Northwest Indiana with her husband, two children, and three dogs. She is a Licensed Architect but left the corporate world to pursue a creative endeavor that would allow her to be home with her children.

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I feel like getting boys ready in the morning is easier than girls …. but we still prep as much as we possibly can the night before. We make lunches, pick out clothes, etc. That way the morning is just dressing, eating, and brushing teeth!

Oh man, most people give me the stink eye when I tell them this …. my morning does start until about 10am.

I’m a very lucky woman. My husband takes care of the whole morning routine with the kids so Emma and I can sleep in. But I do help him the night before by setting out their clothes, backpacks, prepping the lunch boxes. We do use tip #12 though. Kaydee’s curly hair gets washed/conditioned the night before but she still wakes up tangled and frizzy so we use a detangler in the morning.

My problem is not that my husband doesn’t do it, it’s that I am a morning person and am up anyway. My internal clock has this new fun habit of waking me up at 4:30 am lately…. which means by 9:30 I am OUT. I think I might officially be an old lady LOL

Oh Kim your hair is beautiful! I have tried and tried to pack lunches the night before but Gav says his sandwich is soggy so we do that in the morning. We do not allow any technology in the mornings besides cartoons. Early bed is the biggie here for me. Otherwise my monsters are worse monsters lol.

We have a no electronics rule in the morning, too. We need to make it a no play rule in the morning and that goes for everything! They think that they can get up and spend an hour playing with toys BEFORE getting ready and then we’re rushing out the door at the last minute. ugh!

We use to get up at 6:30 to get the granddaughter up and ready for the school bus since her parents were still in Sweden. This year we did the same for the first couple of weeks but decided to trim 30 minutes off that time by forcing her parents to get up and get her off to school each morning. Some mornings we wake around 6 but stay in bed until 7 and listen to them deal with her in the morning.